---
title: "P-1 zone in Coquitlam: Civic Institutional"
place: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/coquitlam
zone: P-1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-1.json"
---

# P-1 zone in Coquitlam: Civic Institutional

Educational, governmental or institutional uses that provide services to the public; commercial activities accessory to the principal use are also permitted.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Educational, governmental or institutional uses that provide services to the public; commercial activities accessory to the principal use are also permitted.
- **Main uses:** Assembly child care; Child care; Civic; Commercial: retail sales and services accessory to a civic use; personal service limited to physiotherapist; Community care; Community Garden; Congregate Housing and Care; Animal shelter; Assembly; Emergency shelter; Office; Transitional housing; Public service (may include railroad spur lines incidental to rail service to adjacent lands); Non-accessory off-street parking; Accessory special event vending business (An animal shelter within 200 metres of a residential zone must be completely enclosed and may not include an incinerator.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory special event vending business (see primary uses)
- **Minimum lot area:** Assembly use: 555 m²
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Buildings and structures 40%; off-street parking 95%; accessory off-street parking 95%; buildings for off-street parking together with all other buildings 95%
- **Maximum density:** Gross floor area up to 2.5 times the lot area
- **Maximum height:** 11.0 m (uses other than off-street parking); 12.5 m (off-street parking)
- **Front setback:** 7.6 m (from a street); off-street parking 1.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 6.0 m (rear lot line other than at a street); off-street parking 1.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** The greater of 1.8 m and 1/4 of the average height of the wall facing the interior lot line; off-street parking 1.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.6 m (from a street); off-street parking 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** An off-street parking use must be bounded by a landscape area at least 0.6 m wide; An animal shelter on a lot abutting a residential zone must be at least 7.6 m from that lot line; Setbacks may increase under sections 518 and 519

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 (consolidated with amending bylaws, updated July 27, 2026), s. 2001](https://www.coquitlam.ca/DocumentCenter/View/1164/Part-20-Institutional-Zones-PDF--P-1-to-P-5-Zones#page=1) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Coquitlam: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/zoning/p-1/_